The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)

Directed by

Wes Anderson

Genre

fantasy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 220 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology film that adapts four Roald Dahl short stories. A large ensemble of actors play multiple roles across the stories, which are told in a deliberately artificial and theatrical style.

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What happens

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More is a 2024 American fantasy anthology film written, directed and co-produced by Wes Anderson, based on four short stories by Roald Dahl. This is the second film adaptation of a Dahl work directed by Anderson, following Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, and Rupert Friend, all playing different roles throughout. The film was released on March 15, 2024, as an anthology compilation of Anderson's short films released in 2023, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher and Poison. The anthology’s title references the short story collection from which the titular story derives, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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